X-ray generation devices and methods
AssigneeChiral Research, Inc.
InventorsFrancis Anthony Nottke, Randolph Edward Seligmann
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes an x-ray generating device comprising at least one pair of rotating objects kept in constant frictional contact. In various embodiments, a first rotating object comprises an outer surface material with RDP of ∈1, a second rotating object comprises a second outer surface material with RDP of ∈2, ∈1 does not equal ∈2 and Δ∈ may be maximized by material selection, wherein the rotating objects are positioned in close proximity such that their first and second outer surface materials are kept in constant frictional contact, and wherein x-ray radiation is generated during rotation of the objects.
Claims16
An x-ray generating device comprising:
- a first rotating object having a first outer surface material;
- and
- a second rotating object having a second outer surface material,
- wherein said first and second rotating objects are disposed in proximity to one another such that said first and second outer surface materials remain in constant frictional contact during rotation of said objects;
- and
- wherein x-ray radiation is generated in response to rotation of said objects.
A method of generating x-ray radiation, the method comprising:
- positioning a first rotating object and a second rotating object in constant frictional contact;
- and
- rotating the first rotating object in a first direction and the second rotating object in a second, opposite direction,
- wherein x-rays are generated in response to the rotating of the first and second rotating objects.
An x-ray device comprising:
- a first rotating object having a first material, wherein the first rotating object has a center axis oriented in a first direction;
- a second rotating object having a second material, wherein the second rotating object has a center axis oriented in the first direction;
- wherein the first rotating object and the second rotating object are inside a housing, and wherein the housing has a vacuum environment;
- wherein the first rotating object and the second rotating object are positioned within the housing such that an outer edge of the first rotating object is in contact with an outer edge of the second rotating object;
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- wherein the first rotating object is rotated in a first direction and causes the second rotating object to rotate in an opposite direction of the first direction, and wherein radiation energy is generated in response to the rotating of the first and second rotating objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.